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ADAM10 expression and promoter haplotype in Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Sept 2012
Bekris Lynn M, Lutz Franziska, Li Gail, Galasko Douglas R, Farlow Martin R, Quinn Joseph F, Kaye Jeffrey A, Leverenz James B, Tsuang Debby W, Montine Thomas J, Peskind Elaine R, Yu Chang-En
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease is confirmed at autopsy according to the accumulation of brain neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Neuritic plaques contain amyloid-β (Aβ) and lower levels of Aβ correspond to an increase in ADAM10 α-secretase activity. ADAM10 α-secretase activity produces a soluble amyloid precursor protein (APP) alpha (sAPPα) product and negates the pathological production of Aβ. In...
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